Project 10073 Records and Correspondence — Memphis, Tennessee, March 1967

This document collection contains reports and correspondence regarding multiple UFO sightings in Memphis, Tennessee, during March 1967. The primary witnesses include a psychiatric social worker and an 11-year-old boy. The witnesses described seeing cigar-shaped or oval objects with blinking lights, often moving in straight lines or hovering. One witness reported an object that appeared to be solid with red and white lights, which hid behind a tree. Another report described an object that followed the landing pattern of the local municipal airport. The Air Force, through the Foreign Technology Division and Lt. Col. Hector Quintanilla, Jr., investigated these reports. The official conclusion for the sightings was that they were likely conventional aircraft. The Air Force cited the presence of air refueling tracks in the area and the similarity of the descriptions to aircraft in landing patterns as reasons for this assessment. The documents include completed FTD Form 164 questionnaires, internal military messages, and correspondence between the Air Force and the witnesses. The Air Force maintained that there was no indication of extraterrestrial activity and attributed the sightings to conventional aircraft and atmospheric conditions.